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Worst. Meme. Ever. Comic Book Guy's most well-known catch phrase, "Worst. (Noun). Ever." (usually punctuated that way on the Internet) has become a meme of epic proportions. The TV show even used it as one of its episode titles (appropriately "Worst Episode EVER", though it actually refers to a cardiac episode).

And Kent Brockman, for one, welcomes our new insect overlords. He'd like to remind them as a trusted TV personality, he can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves. Explanation From the season five episode "Deep Space Homer", after Homer accidentally unleashes ants into the fuselage of the space shuttle, with an ant captured on the live television feed, scaring viewers on Earth because of its close proximity to the camera. Kent Brockman's dialogue is the origin of the "Overlord" meme.

Your memes are intriguing to me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter. Explanation Season eight episode "Mountain of Madness", where Homer tells his family that Mr. Burns is taking the plant on a "teamwork-building" retreat, and Bart responds with a speech about how he thinks "teamwork" and "sharing" are overrated. Homer seems to agree.

"DENTAL PLAN!" "Lisa needs braces!" Explanation In the episode "Last Exit to Springfield" of season four, Homer plays back Lenny's "So long, dental plan!" cheer, along with Marge's warning that Lisa needs braces, over and over in his head until he realizes that if Burns takes away his dental plan, he'll have to front the money for an expensive (and hideously ugly) set of braces to fix Lisa's teeth.

*WHACK* Buhhhuuhhuhuhuh...Explanation In season five episode "Cape Feare", after taking a ride on the underside of the Simpsons' car, Sideshow Bob walks into one rake after another, and mutters in annoyance.

Talking out of turn? That's a paddlin'. Looking out the window? That's a paddlin'. Posting memes on the internet? That's a paddlin'. Making "That's a paddlin'" an internet meme? Oh, you'd better believe that's a paddlin'. Explanation From season six episode "The PTA Disbands": Jasper becomes a substitute teacher at Springfield Elementary School, and decides to lay down the law in his own way.

You don't win friends with sa-lad! You don't win friends with sa-lad! You don't win friends with sa-lad!Explanation From season six episode "Lisa the Vegetarian", where Bart starts a conga line, followed by his parents, after Lisa protests about Homer's upcoming barbeque.

"Can't sleep... clown will eat me..." Glam rocker Alice Cooper actually turned this into one of his songs.Explanation Bart's Madness Mantra in season four episode "Lisa's First Word", after Homer builds him a Nightmare Fuel-inducing bed made to portray Krusty the Klown.

Feels like I'm wearing nothing at all! Nothing at all!Nothing at all!Nothing at all!Explanation Ned Flanders' exclamation of how well his new tight-fitting ski suit is in season eleven episode "Little Big Mom".

Stupid Sexy Flanders!Explanation Homer's reaction in the same episode, upon forgetting his ski instructor's lessons and visualizing Ned in his ski suit, while shaking his rear end.

Ralph fail English? That's unpossible.Explanation Ralph's response after being given notice from Principal Skinner that he's failing his English language studies from season six episode "Lisa on Ice".

POKEYMAN? Pokeyman, with the pokey and the man and the thing where the guy comes out of the thing and he wants to *random gibberish* AH AH AH!

Kids, they listen to the rap music, which gives them the brain damage! With their hippin' and the hoppin' and the bippin' and the boppin', so they don't know what the jazz is all about! You see, jazz is like Jell-O pudding - no, it's like Kodak film - actually, it's more like the New Coke - it'll be around forever! HEH HEH HEH.

"Hi, I'm Troy McClure! You may remember me from such videos as Tropey Potter And The Alchemic Troper and Tropey Learns About Bad Touching!"Explanation Actor Troy McClure's introduction in videos, on-camera and in-person throughout the series.

"Old Man Yells At Cloud"◊Explanation From season thirteen episode "The Old Man and the Key", where "Grandpa" Abraham Simpson wants his photo for his driver's license to be a picture from a newspaper article regarding him yelling at a cloud.

"... I had an onion on my belt, because that was the style at the time..." Explanation Grandpa's Rambling Old Man Monologue from "Last Exit"

"... Anyway, long story short...is a phrase whose origins are complicated and rambling" Explanation From "Jaws Wired Shut"

Inanimate Carbon Rod pwns all!explanation At the end of "Deep Space Homer", when Homer comes back from his voyage in space, he gets passed up for "Time Magazine Man of the Year" by the same carbon rod that he accidentally used to seal the door shut during the shuttle's almost-crash landing.

Do my worst, eh? Smithers, release the robotic Richard Simmons. Explanation From a deleted scene in season five episode "Burns' Heir", featured in "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular". In the original, Burns and co. simply walk away and locks the door behind them.

Smithers, who is that man surfing TV Tropes and posting internet memes?!

"Hey, Moe, that team sure did suck last night. I mean they just plain sucked! I've seen teams suck before, but they were the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked!"Explanation "Team Homer" - Homer lets off a little post-game trash talk after beating Rev. Lovejoy's "Holy Rollers" team at bowling.

"BART, DO YOU WANNA CHECK OUT MY NEW CHAINSAW AND HOCKEY MASK?!"Explanation "Camp Feare": While on the run from Sideshow Bob, Homer twice scares Bart by barging into his room and screaming at him while wearing a hockey mask and brandishing weapons.

Skinner said that the memes will crack any minute. Purple Monkey Dishwasher.

OH MY GOD, THE PTA HAS DISBANDED! Explanation All from, you guessed it, "The PTA Disbands". The .gif file of the hysterical PTA member jumping out of the window has become a popular reaction image on internet forums.

"Oh, I get it! I get jokes." Explanation Episode: "The Last Temptation of Krust". Lisa and Homer are watching a Steven WrightStand-Up Comedy routine where Wright says "I finally got around to reading the dictionary. Turns out the zebra did it." Homer doesn't understand what's so funny about it, so Lisa tells him that "zebra" is just a word at the end of the dictionary. Still confused, Lisa then tells Homer that Wright was just telling a joke, prompting Homer to say the quote.

"I wash mah-self with a raaaag on a stick."

Hello, my name is Mr. Troper, I believe you have a letter for me.

Okay, Mr Troper, what's your first name?

I don't know.Explanation "Blood Feud": Homer tries (very poorly) to impersonate Mr. Burns in order to retrieve an angry letter Bart had written to him.

Argh... I won't make it, partner. Just do one thing for me... get Troper Mendoza.

Oh, and by the way, I was BEING SARCASTIC!Explanation Episode "Flaming Moe's": When Moe makes a fortune after stealing Homer's new cocktail recipe, Marge tries to console Homer by letting him know that his drink is making so many people happy, but he isn't all that impressed. "Ooh, look at me! I'm making people happy! I'm the Magical Man from Happy-Land, in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Laa-aa-aane!"

Well, duh!

I am so smart! S-M-R-T! I mean S-M-A-R-T!Explanation Homer sets his college diploma on fire, unknowingly burning the house down in "Homer Goes to College."

Dad, what are you doing down there?

Washing my fat guy hat, honey!

I know you can read my posts, Troper. Just a little reminder: if I found out you cut class, your ass is mine. Yes, you heard me. I think words I would never say.Explanation "The Boy Who Knew Too Much": Principal Skinner telepathically threatens Bart with detention when he sees him at Freddie Quimby's trial.

Why must life be so hard?! Why must I fail at every attempt at masonry?!Explanation Both from the episode "Mom and Pop Art", when Homer tries to build a barbecue grill without using the instructions.

NOW HOW 'BOUT A HUG?!Explanation Season 4's "Brother from the Same Planet:" Homer forgets to pick up Bart. While in the car, Homer tries to make up, but Bart makes an Imagine Spot of Homer's face melting a la Raiders of the Lost Ark quoting said line. One of the most creepy scenes in the show.

Trab pu kcip, Trab pu kicp Explanation From the same episode, Bart tries telepathy on Milhouse to convince someone to pick him up. Cue Milhouse writing "Pick up Bart" backwards on the wall remiscent of The Shining

MISUTAA SUPAAKORU! Explanation In "In Marge We Trust", Mr. Sparkle was a Japanese dishwashing detergent mascot that looked suspiciously like Homer Simpson.

27! Explanation An Imagine Spot gives Lisa good advice from the greater-than sign, the infinity symbol, and the number twenty-seven.

KWYJIBO: A dumb, fat, balding North American ape with no chin. (And a short temper!) Explanation Bart tries to cheat at Scrabble in "Bart the Genius" (Kwyjibo is in fact a redirect to Scrabble Babble on this site)

No TV and no beer make Homer something something.

Go crazy?

DON'T MIND IF I DO!!!Explanation Homer's Madness Mantra in the first segment (a parody of The Shining) of "Treehouse of Horror V".

"Have The Rolling Stones killed." Explanation "Rosebud": Mr. Burns objects to an insulting performance by The Ramones. Used any time a band other than the Rolling Stones disappoints the speaker.

A .gif file of Homer slowly backing into his hedge (from "Homer Loves Flanders") has become a popular reaction image for "no, just... no" or "oh god what" moments.

Another .gif file of Grandpa walking into an establishment, putting his hat on the rack, turning around 1 1/2 times, taking his hat back off the rack, and leaving the establishment is another popular reaction image for the same moments.

"It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times?!" Explanation "Last Exit to Springfield": Mr. Burns shows Homer a room full of monkeys on typewriters, and one of them botches the opening line to A Tale of Two Cities. As such, "blurst" is sometimes used as a humorous substitute to the word "worst".

Call Mr Plow. That's my name. That name again is Mr Plow.

Television! Teacher! Mother! Secret Lover!

STOP! STOP! HE'S ALREADY DEAD!Explanation In "Homie the Clown", Homer fills in for Krusty at a public event for Krusty Burger. When the Hamburglar-lookalike appears, Homer commences a beatdown in front of a crowd of shocked kids, one of which sobbing this line.

...with sexy results.Explanation In "Pygmoelian", Homer spoils the plots of future episodes of "It Never Ends" during a live episode, adding this on at the end of every description.

I choo-choo-choose you!Explanation The Valentine's Day card that Lisa gives to Ralph in "I Love Lisa".

Looks like those clowns in Congress did it again. What a bunch of clowns.Explanation A line of preprogrammed "inane chatter" spoken by the automatized radio host robot, "DJ 3000". Usually used in response to particularly lame and low-effort jokes about the inefficiency of the US Congress.

"Eat up, Martha"Explanation In "Lisa On Ice", Kearney tells Dolph to write "Beat up Martin" on his Apple Newton PDA, Apple's forefather to the iPhone and iPad, but it gets transcribed as "Eat up Martha", mocking the poor diction of Newtons. This was widely considered Apple's biggest blunder until Apple Maps in 2012, and is used as a snark against Apple products.

"He's history's greatest monster!"Explanation In "Marge in Chains", when Springfield can't raise money for an Abraham Lincoln statue, they have to settle for a Jimmy Carter statue instead that reads "Malaise Forever". This nearly causes a riot, as one angry citizen declares "He's history's greatest monster!" The line frequently appears in discussions about Carter, with varying degrees of sarcasm and seriousness.

I have to go now. My planet needs me.

Note: Character died on the way to his home planet. Explanation The ending of "The Itchy and Scratchy and Poochie Show" has Poochie crudely edited to say this line and fly away, in an effort to kill him off as fast as humanly possible.

WELCOME THRILLHOExplanation From "Marge Be Not Proud" - Milhouse's entry on the "Enter Your Name" screen on the "Bonestorm" game is just a few letters short (he wanted "THRILLHOUSE").

DO IT FOR HERExplanation "And Maggie Makes Three" features a plaque that initially read "DON'T FORGET: YOU'RE HERE FOREVER" in Homer's workstation, but was later covered up with photos of Maggie and made to read "DO IT FOR HER"; Maggie is Homer's motivation for continuing to work at the Nuclear Plant. Some fans create snowclones by replacing the images with those of a different character.

DO IT FOR HIM / DON'T FORGET: YOU'RE HIME FOREVERExplanation If the swapped-in character is male, "HER" gets replaced to "HIM", but this leads to the amusing side effect of changing the original text to "DON'T FORGET: YOU'RE HIME FOREVER", the implication being that the subject is a princess for life (hime being Japanese for "princess").

Ow, quit it!Explaination In "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire," there was a scene where Lisa, Maggie, and Homer poked at Bart's arm where the tattoo was removed.

We are the neighbours and we don't think. Explaination From "I'm Going to Praiseland", when Ned asks what the neighbours will think about him opening a them park.

I like stories. Explanation From Season 4's "The Itchy and Scratchy Movie", Homer punishes Bart by forbidding him to see the seminal movie. When Bart eventually asks him to recant, he attempts to explain with a story why the punishment is ultimately good for Bart, which quickly goes off the rails and ends in "the doctor said I might have brain damage." This is Homer's reply when Bart asks what the point of the story was.

Everything's coming up Milhouse! Explanation Things finally went right for Milhouse when he happened to be wearing flood pants as a few inches of water rushed into his room.

My son is also named Bort. Explanation In "Itchy & Scratchy Land" Bart is annoyed that the personalized license plates at the titular park's gift shop don't sell them with his name, however they have other B names including "Bort". Frustrated, Bart questions that name only to shortly meet a young boy and a grown who are both named Bort. (Mom: Come along, Bort. Man: Are you talking to me? Mom: No, my son is also named Bort.) Later in the episode, a staff member shouts into his radio: "We need more Bort license plates in the gift shop! I repeat, we are sold out of Bort license plates!"

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